The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an
elementary particle
In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. Particles currently thought to be elementary include electrons, the fundamental fermions ( quarks, leptons, a ...
particle physics
Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) an ...
fields
Fields may refer to:
Music
* Fields (band), an indie rock band formed in 2006
* Fields (progressive rock band), a progressive rock band formed in 1971
* ''Fields'' (album), an LP by Swedish-based indie rock band Junip (2010)
* "Fields", a song b ...
in
particle physics
Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) an ...
theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin, even (positive) parity, no
electric charge
Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes charged matter to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charge can be ''positive'' or ''negative'' (commonly carried by protons and electrons respe ...
, and no
colour charge
Color charge is a property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD).
The "color charge" of quarks and gluons is completely unrelated to the everyday meanings of colo ...
, that
couples
Couple or couples may refer to :
Basic meaning
*Couple (app), a mobile app which provides a mobile messaging service for two people
*Couple (mechanics), a system of forces with a resultant moment but no resultant force
*Couple (relationship), tw ...
to (interacts with) mass. It is also very unstable, decaying into other particles almost immediately.
The Higgs field is a
scalar
Scalar may refer to:
*Scalar (mathematics), an element of a field, which is used to define a vector space, usually the field of real numbers
* Scalar (physics), a physical quantity that can be described by a single element of a number field such ...
field
Field may refer to:
Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
, with two neutral and two electrically charged components that form a complex
doublet
Doublet is a word derived from the Latin ''duplus'', "twofold, twice as much",
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by the CERN exploratorium.
* [http://theatomsmashers.com/ ''The Atom Smashers'', documentary film about the search for the Higgs Boson at Fermilab.]
Collected Articles at the ''Guardian''
Video (04:38) nbsp;– CERN Announcement on 4 July 2012, of the discovery of a particle which is suspected will be a Higgs Boson.
Video1 (07:44)
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking – A pedagogic introduction to electroweak symmetry breaking with step by step derivations of many key relations, by Robert D. Klauber, 15 January 2018 (archived at Wayback Machine)
Spontaneous symmetry breaking, gauge theories, the Higgs mechanism and all that (Bernstein, ''Reviews of Modern Physics'' Jan 1974) an introduction of 47 pages covering the development, history and mathematics of Higgs theories from around 1950 to 1974.
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Electroweak theory
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Mass
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Subatomic particles with spin 0
Force carriers